State v. M.F.
Plea to an amended count of Careless Driving. The client had zero viable defenses and blew a .11 – which is typically too high to negotiate a non-DWI outcome without a legal defense to leverage. As a professional in the healthcare industry, a DWI conviction would have posed problems going forward for her professional license. With so much at stake and not a lot to work with, Mr. Gempeler created w
State v. D.S.
Plea to one count of 3rd Degree DWI, but no time to serve and minimal terms of probation. What makes this outcome so great is that the State initially asked for 45 days to be served either in jail (which would include good time) or EHM, and a $1,000 fine. After extensive negotiations, Mr. Gempeler got this offer reduced to basically nothing – no time to serve and half the fine. This was a great re
State v. R.W.
Plea to a gross misdemeanor DWI with a sentence that ignored the statutory minimums. For a second time offense with an elevated alcohol reading, the client should have had additional time to serve along with a lengthy term of house arrest and probationary period. Instead, the client is not required to serve any additional time, has no house arrest to serve, and is only placed on probation for one-
State v. K.B.
Acquittal at trial. Client was alleged to be impaired by marijuana in his system. But, the evidence was severely lacking and, worse yet, the arresting officer actively misled and lied about field test results in his reports. Needless to say, that led to a thorough dismantling of the officer at trial by Mr. Gempeler’s cross-examination – even getting the officer to admit, under oath, that he lied i
State v. S.M.
Plea to an amended count of misdemeanor 4th Degree DWI. Not only did we achieve a plea to a misdemeanor DWI – a much improved record from the gross misdemeanor charge – but the client was placed on unsupervised probation, meaning he never has to meet with probation or pay the probationary charge (a hidden fee that we are always cognizant of and try to avoid if possible). Despite a reading more tha
State v. L.L.
Stay of adjudication to an amended count of careless driving. This is a remarkable outcome – one that rarely gets approved for DWI’s, but one that we’ve obtained for our clients… multiple times. The North Star team leveraged a strong legal argument in negotiating an outcome where the client removes all risk and assures herself of the non-conviction outcome after abiding by minimal terms of proba
State v. J.L.
Plea to a misdemeanor 4th degree DWI and dismissal of the more serious gross misdemeanor refusal charge. On top of getting the plea to a misdemeanor, the sentence called for no jail or community service, a minimal fine, and easy to follow terms of probation. The client had zero defenses and had a high PBT reading. Still, the North Star team achieved exactly what it and the client set out to with p
State v. E.B.
Dismissed. Client was facing second-degree DWI charges stemming from a second-time DWI and a high reading. But, she made the right decision to retain Mr. Gempeler and the North Star team to fight for her. The officer made a welfare check for the client’s car parked on the side of an on-ramp. The reports don’t mention the positive facts, but the video shows – despite the presence of multiple clues
State v. V.B.
Plea to an amended count of Careless Driving. What’s more is that the sentence was for less than a year to ensure the client can commission to the U.S. Army after graduating from college as part of the ROTC program. The client blew a .11, just above the normal cutoff range to get a Careless Driving offer. And when we first reached out to the prosecutor about pleading to a non-DWI – because it was
State v. J.H.
Stay of adjudication on both counts. The client had no defenses to these serious charges. But, the North Star team worked with her to get the therapy and programming she needed, and then did a thorough job of humanizing her, explaining the issues she’s been dealing with (namely, the trauma she’s endured from being a victim of a recent sexual assault). Thankfully, the prosecutor was empathetic to t